"Moreover, although the SAT was meant to be a way to move beyond admissions based on connections to instead identify Thomas Jefferson’s “natural aristocracy of talent and virtue,” today, Guinier argues, “the SAT scores are accurate reflectors of wealth and little else.” Georgetown researchers Anthony Carnevale and Jeff Strohl have found that on average, the most socioeconomically advantaged students score 399 points higher than the least advantaged on the SATs 400–1600 scale.
On top of this, the SAT fails to measure creativity, collaboration, grit and many other factors that University of Chicago economist James Heckman and others have found to be more closely connected to long-term success for many students than cognitive skills alone."
On top of this, the SAT fails to measure creativity, collaboration, grit and many other factors that University of Chicago economist James Heckman and others have found to be more closely connected to long-term success for many students than cognitive skills alone."
